More on AEW Dynamite Week 214 Viewership – Nov. 8, 2023, Rampage Week 117 – Nov. 3, Collision Week 21 – Nov. 4

Nov 12, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for November 8th

The November 8th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW suffer a small decline in overall viewership and a slight decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 804,000 viewers and a 0.27 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 5th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines this week was due to stiff competition from the 2023 Country Music Awards show, the 2023 Republican Party Presidential Debate, and the small decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 4.8% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the gains from their older female key demographic viewership group, which was up 8.3% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 Country Music Awards drew 6,840,000 viewers on ABC, the 2023 Republican Party Presidential Debate drew 6,863,000 viewers on NBC, the NBA game of San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks drew 1,651,000 viewers on ESPN, the NHL game of Florida Panthers vs. Washington Capitals drew Survivor drew 4,527,000 viewers on CBS, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills drew 961,000 viewers on BRAVO, Challenge: New Champion drew 293,000 viewers on MTV, and Sistas Series drew 894,000 viewers on BET.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 353,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 100,000 viewers (down 3.8%), Females 18-34 was 39,000 viewers (down 9.3%), Males 35-49 was 157,000 viewers (down 3.7%), and Females 35-49 was 65,000 viewers (up 8.3%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 257,000 male viewers and 104,000 female viewers for a split of 72.8% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, none of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 892,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 696,000 viewers for their seventh quarter.

In an interesting note, Meltzer reported that WWE’s NXT show topped AEW in both overall 18-34 key demographic and overall females key demographic viewership. NXT reportedly had 153,000 viewers for overall 18-34 and 69,000 for overall females key demo viewers compared to 140,000 and 39,000 viewers respectively for AEW. AEW reportedly topped NXT in overall males viewership and males 18-34 viewership at 257,000 viewers and 100,000 viewers respectively compared to 212,000 viewers and 84,000 viewers respectively for NXT.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 13.5% in overall viewership and down 14.3% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 15.2% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 892,000 overall viewers and 355,000 key demo viewers (MJF, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, The Kingdom, Daniel Garcia, & 2point0 backstage interview segment and the start of the AEW World Championship match of Garcia vs. MJF (c))
2Q – 827,000 overall viewers and 351,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Championship match & post-match angle with MJF, Garcia, & 2point0, the Mark Briscoe video promo segment, and the Sting & Darby Allin vs. The Outrunners tag team match)
3Q – 814,000 overall viewers and 372,000 key demo viewers (Hikaru Shida & Toni Storm video segment, and the bulk of the Swerve Strickland vs. Penta El Zero Miedo match)
4Q – 818,000 overall viewers and 381,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Strickland vs. Penta match & post-match brawl with Hangman Adam Page, the Bullet Club Gold backstage interview segment, the Kenny Omega & Don Callis video promo segment, and the Golden Jets & Young Bucks backstage segment)
5Q – 866,000 overall viewers and 394,000 key demo viewers (ROH World Television Championship match of Keith Lee vs. Samoa Joe (c) & post-match promo by Joe and the Orange Cassidy backstage promo with HOOK)
6Q – 769,000 overall viewers and 340,000 key demo viewers (The Gunns vs. The Bollywood Boyz tag team match & post-match promo by The Gunns, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta backstage promo segment, the Wardlow video promo segment, and the start of the Red Velvet vs. Julia Hart match)
7Q – 696,000 overall viewers and 290,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Red Velvet vs. Hart match & post-match angle with Skye Blue, Willow Nightingale, & Kris Statlander, and the Mariah May AEW debut backstage interview segment)
8Q – 750,000 overall viewers and 341,000 key demo viewers (Jay White vs. Mark Briscoe match & post-match brawl with MJF, MJF in-ring promo segment, and the mystery men & The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage brawl & MJF Devil angle)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for November 3rd

The November 3rd episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a small decline in overall viewership but gained a large increase in key demographic rankings and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 298,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 24th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s mixed results that week was due to the declines from their older male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were down 8.1% and 14.3% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the gains from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 32.4% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s overall viewership was its lowest since the June 9th show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets drew 1,796,000 viewers on ESPN, the NBA game of New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks drew 1,644,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football game of Boston College vs. Syracuse drew 1,099,000 viewers on ESPN2, the 2023 Phoenix NASCAR Trucks race drew 415,000 viewers on FS1, 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 399,000 viewers on TLC, Love After Lockup drew 349,000 viewers on WETV, House Hunters drew 733,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV, and On Patrol Live drew 592,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 147,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 31,000 viewers (up 14.8%), Females 18-34 had 18,000 viewers (up 80%), Males 35-49 had 68,000 viewers (down 8.1%), and Females 35-49 had 30,000 viewers (down 14.3%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 99,000 male viewers and 48,000 female viewers for a split of 67.3% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 34.5% in overall viewership and down 21.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 46.2% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 282,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (Lucha del Dia de los Muertos match of Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Komander vs. El Hijo del Vikingo)
2Q – 293,000 overall viewers and 147,000 key demo viewers (Jeff Jarret & Pals & Ortiz backstage segment, The Gunns vs. Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniel tag team match, the Danhausen backstage segment, and the Saraya & Ruby Soho backstage segment with Angelo Parker & Matt Menard)
3Q – 319,000 overall viewers and 159,000 key demo viewers (Skye Blue vs. Marina Shafir and the Darby Allin vs. Lance Archer match hype video segment)
4Q – 297,000 overall viewers and 138,000 key demo viewers (Daniel Garcia vs. Trent Beretta match & post-match promo by Garcia)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for November 4th

The November 4th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership, a small decline in key demographic ratings, and a slight decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 366,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 22nd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines that week was due to a combination of stiff competition from College Football, competition from WWE’s Crown Jewel 2023 event that same day, and the large drop from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 46.9% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the gain from their older female key demographic viewership group, which was up 10.6% compared to the prior week’s show.

In regards to competition from WWE’s event, Meltzer reported that despite WWE’s event not going head-to-head against AEW’s show, each of AEW’s previous lows for Collision have taken place the same day as a WWE event. Meltzer speculated that the share of AEW viewers who are also regular WWE viewers likely had their fill of wrestling for the day after watching WWE’s Crown Jewel event earlier in the day and skipped watching that night’s Collision show live. Meltzer reported that AEW and TNT officials had been under the assumption since the start of AEW’s Rampage series that there is a pool of around 2 million viewers that watch wrestling on Fridays and believed that a good amount would switch over when WWE shows are done to watch more wrestling when that has been proven to not have been the case for both Rampage and now Collision.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College Football game of LSU vs. Alabama drew 8,824,000 viewers on CBS, the College Football game of Washington vs. USC drew 4,450,000 viewers on ABC, the College Football game of Kansas vs. Iowa State drew 1,267,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football game of BYU vs. West Virginia drew 1,257,000 viewers on FOX, the NASCAR Xfinity race drew 951,000 viewers on USA Network, the NBA game of Chicago Bulls vs. Denver Nuggets drew 209,000 viewers on NBA TV, and On Patrol Live drew 656,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 116,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 25,000 viewers (down 40.5%), Females 18-34 had 8,000 viewers (down 63.6%), Males 35-49 had 51,000 viewers (down 38.6%), and Females 35-49 had 31,000 viewers (up 10.7%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 76,000 male viewers and 39,000 female viewers for a split of 65.5% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 395,000 overall viewers and 121,000 key demo viewers (Swerve Strickland vs. AR Fox pre-match brawl, match, & post-match brawl with the Mogul Embassy, FTR, Ricky Starks, Big Bill, & La Faccion Ingobernable)
2Q – 352,000 overall viewers and 100,000 key demo viewers (MJF vs. Daniel Garcia match hype video segment, the MJF backstage promo segment, the Bullet Club Gold backstage promo segment, the Kip Sabian & The WorkHorsemen backstage interview segment, The Kingdom & Roderick Strong pre-match promo, The Kingdom vs. James McGregor & Brixton Nash tag team match, and the Christian Cage video segment)
3Q – 377,000 overall viewers and 111,000 key demo viewers (Mark Briscoe backstage interview segment and the Darby Allin vs. Lance Archer match & post-match angle with Jake Roberts & The Righteous)
4Q – 364,000 overall viewers and 125,000 key demo viewers (Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, & Skye Blue backstage segment, the Alex Abrahantes, Swerve Strickland, & Prince Nana backstage segment, and The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn 69 Day celebration in-ring segment with MJF, Dalton Castle, & The Boys)
5Q – 376,000 overall viewers and 127,000 key demo viewers (AEW World Trios Championship match of Dalton Castle & The Boys vs. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn (c), the Andrade El Idolo backstage interview segment, and the start of the Mark Briscoe, Keith Lee, & Dustin Rhodes vs. Kip Sabian & The WorkHorsemen Trios match)
6Q – 363,000 overall viewers and 111,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Briscoe, Lee, & Rhodes vs. Sabian & WorkHorsemen Trios match, the Briscoe backstage interview segment, and the start of the Willow Nightingale vs. Emi Sakura match)
7Q – 346,000 overall viewers and 109,000 key demo viewers (Bilk of the Nightingale vs. Sakura match, the Samoa Joe & Keith Lee backstage segment, and the start of the FTR & LFI vs. Big Bill, Ricky Starks, & The Gates of Agony 8-Man tag team match)
8Q – 354,000 overall viewers and 118,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the FTR & LFI vs. Big Bill, Starks, & Gates of Agony 8-Man tag team match)
Overrun – 410,000 viewers and 182,000 key demo viewers (8-Man tag team post-match House of Black video promo & brawl with FTR & Blackpool Combat Club)